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Pryluky in Ukraine UKRAINE ukraine. pryluky Informations and links Pryluky Map Pryluky Photos Pryluky Population on 05-Dec-01 : 64861 ------------------------------- PRYLUKY, Ukraine - Using a giant scissor-like tool, a U.S.-made Caterpillar excavator took all of 15 minutes on February 3 to snip through the metal skin of the last of the Ukrainian-owned Tu-160 strategic nuclear bombers - in its time probably the most feared piece of military equipment in the old Soviet arsenal. As a crowd of some 100 military officials from the United States and Ukraine looked on, the nose of the aircraft, which had already been gutted of salvageable equipment, first sagged forward and then, slowly at first, plunged to the ground of this wide-open, snow-swept airfield, landing with a thud. At a press conference after the display, the two ranking officials from each side, Deputy Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force Lt. Gen. Leonid Fursa, and Deputy Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Defense Brig. Gen. Thomas Kuenning (Ret.) both acknowledged that it was difficult to watch the destruction of a perfectly good high-tech aircraft. Lt. Gen. Fursa explained that the reasons for the project, however, are sound and clear. Ukraine was the center of the first Slavic state, Kievan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kievan Rus was incorporated into the Grand Duc.
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